Slicing-gage



W. H. HIGGS..

'. SLIClNG GAGE.

APPLICATION FILED, MAY 17. Iwo.

1,356,067. `Patented oet, 19,1920.

.PATENT ori-fics.A

WILLIAM II. H'Ices, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

SLICING-GAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.I

Patented oct. 19, 192e.

Application led May 17,1920. Serial No. 381,823.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, WILLIAM H. H iees, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful improvements inSlicing-Gages, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a slicing gage that may be advantageouslyused'for evenly and uniforml slicing bread, butter, cheese, and otheredibles that are of loaf or oblong forni.

My invention aims to rovide a simple, durable and sanitary holder for aloaf of bread, the holder being substantially channel or trough shape,so as to aii'ord a guide that will brace a loaf of bread while its endis being sliced, and to insure slices of a uniform thickness beinremoved from the loaf of bread the end o the holder has an ad- -justableabutment or gage which may be positioned relative to the end of theholder to limit the advancement of a loaf of bread in the holder, sothat when an ordinary 'bread knife is used for slicing the slices willbe of uniform thickness. Q

The mechanical construction entering into the holder will be hereinafterconsidered l the partly broken away;

Fig. 4 is a vcross sectional View taken on the line lV--IV of Fig. 2',and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a detached gage spring.

liheslicing gage and bread holderis preferably made of sheet metal bentto form and nished to present a neat appearance and 'at the same time besanitary throughout with the parts of the holder assembled so as to beeasily separated and thoroughly cleaned. rl`he holder is substantiallychannel shaped and comprises a bottom wall 1 having longitudinalparallel upstanding side walls 2 throughout the length thereof, and saidside walls have vertical extensions 3 at one end thereof coperating withsaid side walls in providing knife guiding edges 4.

The bottom wall 1 has a horizontal ledge 5 at its'outer end, and saidbottom wall has depending legs or pegs 6 at both ends so that the bottomwall may be supported in an elevated position relative to a: table to orother support and thus provide su cient clearance under the bottomwallfor a slicing gage or adjustable abutment. The

legs or pegs 6 may be made of yieldable or cushionlng material, forinstance, hard rubber sind suitably connected to the bottom wa l Thebottom wall 1, adjacent its duter end and in proximity to the side walls2, is cut and stamped, as at 7 with the stamped material bent downwardlyunder the bottom.

ment of the loaf of bread on said ledge, said gage or abutmentcoperating with the knife guiding, edges 4 of the holder in determiningthe thickness of a slice of bread to be removed from the loaf.

The bottom wall 1 is additionally cut and stamped, as at 11 and thestamped out material bent downwardly to afford lugs 12 for looselyholding the notched or slotted ends 13 of a comparatively flat or bowedspring 14 which bears on the tongue 9 of the gage or abutment andfrictionally holds lthe tongue 9 on the guides 8. The pressure of thespring 14 on the tongue 9 prevents accidental shifting of the gage orabutment as the loaf of bread is Vbrought into engagement therewith, yetit is possible to manually adjust the gage or abutment relative to theledge 5l It is obvious that the ledge 5 may be provided with a strip orcover of any material that will prevent a knii'e cutting edge frombeinginjured by contacting. with the ledfge, also that one or both'ctYthe side edges o the gage or abutment may be graduated to permit of thegage being` adjusted for a slice of bread of desired thickness.

While in the drawing there is illustrated a preferred embodiment of myinvention,

- it is to be understood that the structural elements are susceptible tosuch changes, in size, shape and manner of assemblage, as fall withinthe scope of the lappended claims. Y

lVhat I claim is l. A. device of the class described comprising achannel holder having a bottom Wall cut and stamped to provide guidesand lugs, a slicing gage slidable on the guides of the holder bottomwall and movable to and from the end of said holder, and means held inplace by the lugs of the holder bot- .tom wall and engagi-.g said gageto frictionally hold said gage in an adjusted position.l v

2. A device as characterized in claim 1,

wherein said means is in the form of a bowed spring between said gageand the holder bottom wall with the ends of said 15 spring' notched andloosely held by the holder bottom wall lugs.

In testimony whereof I alx my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM H. HIGGS.

Witnesses:

KARL H. BUTLER, ANNA M. Domi.

